What Happened to Lisa Au?

On a rainy January night in 1982, 19‑year‑old Lisa Au left her boyfriend’ in Kailua and began the short drive home. She never arrived. What followed was one of Hawai‘i’s most haunting and consequential missing‑person cases — a story that reshaped public trust, changed policing practices, and left a family searching for answers that never came.

• A clear, chronological retelling of Lisa Au’s last known movements
• How the severe rainstorm affected the search and investigation
• The discovery of her car and the early theories that emerged
• The role of public pressure, media coverage, and community fear
• The long‑term impact of the case on Hawai‘i law enforcement

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